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For many years Jude Bolton has been a popular whipping boy.
Not highly skilled. Hot and cold. Pretty boy.
But as Dennis Commetti once said, "looks like Jane, plays like Tarzan".
From the first day that I remember him, he was on the bottom of the packs, and last to get up.
Playing in his 13th season the boy from Calder Cannons, Jude has reinvented himself as a fill in forward.

I felt like I needed to exercise my writing muscles, so I thought I'd put pen to paper and have a go at writing a preview for this week's game against the Pies. It's a re-post of the preview I put up on BF. (Hope the IMG tags work here...)

Where and When:
Saturday 10 August, 7:40pm, ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Game Day Weather Forecast: Clear but cold night in Sydney ? note minimum temperature of 6 degrees in the west!

After watching Collingwood a great deal over the year, these are my thoughts on how you beat them.

1. They don't like tackling pressure on the ball carrier. Rather than let guys like Thomas, Pendlebury and Beams run around on their own, hit them hard every time they go near the ball. It frustrates them and throws them off their game. We are the best tackling team in the comp (72 per game), and if we make 80-90 tackles we are well on our way to winning.

How deflated do you feel after a draw?
After 2 hours the exhilaration is gone. Flat.
Yes we didn't lose, but maybe we really should have won, and not given up the lead. 2 points is better than 0 points, but not as good as 4.
What if we miss the top 4, or even a top 2 spot by 2 points?
What if we miss the 8 by 2 points? Well it could be a positive and the 2 points get us over the other team.

As we approach the end of the season it's time to start to reflect on who makes the All Davo Swans for 2010. We'll start with the backline.

In any footy team the backs play an important role, their duties include;

Getting the footys back from the crowd and kicking them to the forwards- if they didn't do that the forwards wouldn't get as many opportunities to scan the crowd for ladies, this has ongoing implications for the rest of the game; how is a forward to know where to